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René Francis Merino Monroy stated that members of the Armed Forces of El Salvador located Geovany Alexander Fuentes Pocasangre in Ilobasco, Cabañas Oeste. According to what he wrote, images were found on Fuentes' cellphone that linked him to the gang 18 Sureños, and he was handed over to the National Civil Police. Merino Monroy maintained that El Salvador had decided not to tolerate gangs any longer after decades of suffering and asserted that these gangs had lost control of the communities. He also warned that those who joined these criminal groups would be arrested and brought to justice. #ElSalvador #Pandillas #Justicia (translated)

Bukele said on Wednesday that he is studying ... early release when asked about statements made by his brother, Ibrajim Bukele, who claimed that there is a "commission" reviewing the cases of over 93,000 detainees in four years of anti-gang "war." #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #Antipandillas (translated)

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, clarified that the early release of approximately 10,000 people would only affect occasional gang collaborators and not gang members, thus dispelling rumors about the release of half of the 93,000 detained under the state of emergency. #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #Antipandillas (translated)

Blickwinkel referred to El Salvador as an example of what a state could achieve by regaining control. The murder rate in 2015 was 106.3 per 100,000 inhabitants, representing the highest rate worldwide. For 2026, Blickwinkel projected about 0.97 and wrote that the country was on track for a historic low. The decline has been unusually steep compared to other countries. The structures of the gangs MS-13 and Barrio 18 have been systematically dismantled, and more than 90,000 suspects have been arrested, wrote Blickwinkel. In El Salvador, there are now days and weeks without murders; children are playing outside again, and fear no longer dominates everyday life. Security is a political decision made by El Salvador, according to the author's assessment. #ElSalvador #Sicherheit #Gewaltprävention (translated)

Patricia Bullrich wrote that she met in the Senate with the Vice President of El Salvador, Félix Ulloa, to strengthen a years-long relationship and deepen cooperation between both countries. She also noted that Ulloa presented her with his new book, *The Passive Revolution*, about the political and institutional transformations of El Salvador beyond ideologies. #ElSalvador #CooperaciónInternacional #Cultura (translated)

According to the government, homicides under Bukele, who calls himself the "coolest dictator in the world," have drastically decreased: in 2015, the peak was over 100 murders per 100,000 inhabitants, while in 2025 it was 1.3 per 100,000. #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #Bandenkriminalität (translated)

The author asked whether the murder rate in El Salvador would fall below that of France in 2026. For 2015, he noted that it had been about 100 times higher. He argued that the problem could be solved by locking up criminals instead of relativizing their actions, referring to it as not rocket science. His contribution ended with the incomplete question "Why does ...". #ElSalvador #Mordrate #Kriminalität #SV #FR (translated)

"We have a plan that would benefit about 50 percent of the prisoners in El Salvador who have worked with gangs," Bukele explained, stating that a release from prison does not apply to murderers or those accomplices who have made a body disappear. #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #Menschenrechte (translated)

The controversial president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, is planning an amnesty for up to 40,000 imprisoned alleged gang members while simultaneously intending to adjust the harsh measures against organized crime after maintaining a state of emergency in the Central American country for more than four years. #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #Menschenrechte (translated)

Bukele estimated at a Tuesday press conference that the measure could affect about 50 percent of those detained during the state of emergency, but he did not specify how many inmates might be eligible for the benefit and when the measure might come into effect. #Bukele #ElSalvador #amnesztia (translated)

Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, plans to release half of the inmates held in prison who are associated with gangs and are among those arrested during the state of emergency, and who are being investigated by a government committee. #Bukele #ElSalvador #amnesztia (translated)

It's not the first time that the environment of the Salvadoran president has hinted at this possibility, since his brother Ibrajim Bukele assured last April through the social network X that there was an "independent" team with the authority to free people captured during the state of emergency. #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #RégimenDeExcepción (translated)

We have a plan, I believe it would benefit 50% of the prisoners who have collaborated with the gangs with early release. He is guilty, but to release him conditionally, with monitoring. Based on these collaborations with the gangs, the president revealed that they are considering using that criterion to define early sentences with monitoring: "We have a plan, I believe it would benefit 50% of the prisoners who have collaborated with the gangs with early release. He is guilty, but to release him conditionally, with monitoring," he insisted, thus denying that it is an absolution. #ElSalvador #NayibBukele #RégimenDeExcepción (translated)